Budd Ross

born: 08 November 1868 Springfield, Illinois, United States of America

died: 19 March 1933 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (generalized arteriosclerosis/cerebral thrombosis, age 64)

Brown haired, brown eyed American supporting comedy actor of the silent screen who worked extensively along side Oliver Hardy in his King Bee comedies. The 1918 Motion Picture Studio Directory (link below) mentions him living at 1459 Milton Way, Hollywood, California, which is given as Oliver N. Hardy's address in the 1918 Los Angeles City Directory. It is also my educated guess that Ross appears in several more films with Babe Hardy than those listed here. Also, some sources list his year of death as 1932. This is disproven in the links below. Interestingly, his death certificate lists his profession as an actor for Hal Roach Studios (last worked 1933, worked 1 month)!

Real name: Aaron Crawford Ross Height: 5'3"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Babe Hardy.

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1925 Solid Ivory Shady bystander 1927 Why Girls Say No Barber 1933 His Silent Racket Man under desk 1933 Arabian Tights Recruit ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1917 Back Stage [?]   1917 The Hero Butler   1917 Dough-Nuts Boob, the assistant 1917 Cupid's Rival Bellboy 1917 The Villain The doctors' daughter's sweetheart   1917 The Millionaire [?]   1917 The Goat [?]   1917 The Fly Cop [?]   1917 The Chief Cook Boggs, the hotel proprietor 1917 The Candy Kid [?] 1917 The Hobo Station agent 1917 The Pest Bellboy 1917 The Slave Haratius Crabble, the collector   1918 The Stranger Susie's father   1918 Bright And Early Old man 1918 The Rogue [?] 1918 His Day Out Father 1918 The Orderly [?] 1918 The Scholar Elderly pupil 1918 Playmates [?] 1918 He's In Again Drunk 1919 Tootsies And Tomales Murderous Mexican 1920 Married To Order Car salesman Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:M6WV-1CF (1870 Census, line 36) - 2 years old in July 1870 = 1867 https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:MXKN-HYC (1880 Census, line 10) - 11 years old in June 1880 = 1868 https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:24Q3-MZP (1914 marriage) - 41 years old in August 1914 = 1872 https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:KZVN-VKS (WWI Draft Reg. Card) - outright claims 1873 birth year https://archive.org/stream/ motrestu00moti#page/88/mode/ 1up/search/ross (1918 directory) - b. Springfield, Illinois, mentions Billy West/King Bee films https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:QKS9-XHDM (CA Death Index #14901) - 57 years old in March 1933 = 1875 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR1-S2M6 (death certificate) Jesse Brisson (research and help; identification in Solid Ivory, Arabian Tights, Why Girls Say No) Steve Rydzewski (identification in His Silent Racket) Jim Jarvis (research and help) This page was last updated on: 13 July 2024